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List of people from Marseille

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This is a list of people from the French city of Marseille.

Born in Marseille

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NOTE: People in italics do not have an article in the English language Wikipedia; links are to the relevant article in French Wikipedia.

Actors and singers

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  • Béatrice Altariba (18 June 1939) - actress
  • Andrex (André Jaubert) (23 January 1907; d. Marseille, 10 July 1989) - singer
  • Jacques Angelvin (5 August 1914; d. Cannes, 10 November 1978) - actor, TV host
  • Edmond Ardisson (30 November 1904; d. Marseille, 30 November 1983) - actor
  • Henri Arius (19 September 1897d. Marseille, 8 May 1962) - actor
  • Ariane Ascaride (10 October 1954) - actress
  • Junie Astor (21 December 1911; d. Sainte-Magnance, 22 August 1967) - actress
  • Marguerite Baux (fl. 1870s–1880s) - opera singer
  • Charles Blavette (24 June 1906; d. Suresnes, 21 November 1967) - actor
  • Patrick Bosso (12 October 1962) - actor
  • Bréols (12 August 1905; d. Allauch, 20 December 1988) - actor, singer
  • Pierrette Bruno (22 August 1928) - actress
  • Lucien Callamand (1 April 1888; d. Nice, 3 December 1968) - actor
  • Jean Castan (23 August 1917; d. La Penne-sur-Huveaune, 11 November 1990) - actor
  • Philippe Caubère (21 September 1950) - actor
  • Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887; d. Marseille, 7 November 1944) - actor
  • Marcel Charvey (22 February 1916; d. Puteaux, 21 August 1995) - actor
  • Andrée Clément (7 August 1918; d. Paris, 31 May 1954) - actress
  • Jo Corbeau (Georges Ohanessian) (1 December 1946) - reggae singer
  • Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896; d. Cassis, 10 May 1980) - actor
  • Dazincourt (Joseph Albouis) (11 December 1747; d. Paris, 28 March 1809) - actor
  • Édouard Delmont (5 December 1883; d. Cannes, 22 November 1955) - actor
  • Doumel (Louis Alfred Doumet) (2 December 1889; d. Reillanne, 23 May 1954) - actor
  • Louis Ducreux (22 September 1911; d. Neuilly, 19 December 1992) - actor, director
  • Dugazon (Jean-Henry Gourgaud) (15 November 1746; d. Sandillon, 11 October 1809) - actor
  • Fernandel (Fernand Contandin) (7 May 1903; d. Paris, 26 February 1971) - actor, singer
  • Franck Fernandel (Franck Contandin) (10 December 1935, d. Marseille, 8 June 2011) - actor, singer, radio host
  • Ginette Garcin (1928–2010) - actor
  • Louis Jourdan (19 June 1921–2015) - actor
  • Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924; d. Paris, 1 March 1988) - actor, director
  • Cora Madou (5 January 1891; d. Villefranche sur Mer, 26 February 1971) - singer
  • Lucie Manvel (1 May 1863; d. Paris 17e, 3 November 1943) - comedy theatre actress
  • Avy Marciano (1 November 1972) - actor, musician, composer, author, interpreter
  • Milly Mathis (8 September 1901; d. Salon de Provence, 30 March 1965) actress
  • Marcel Maupi (6 November 1881; d. Antibes, 10 January 1949) - actor
  • Clara Morgane (25 January 1981) - singer, former pornographic actress, media personality and TV host
  • Paul Ollivier (10 February 1876; d. Paris, 10 June 1948) - actor
  • Géraldine Pailhas (8 January 1971) - actress
  • Paul Préboist (21 February 1927; d. Paris, 13 March 1997) - actor
  • Joseph Pujol (1 June 1865; d. Toulon, 8 August 1945) - strolling comedian, professional farter
  • Jean-Pierre Rambal (13 September 1931; d. Paris, 18 July 2001) - actor
  • Marcelle Ranson-Hervé (10 October 1929) - actress
  • Rellys (Henri Bourelly) (15 December 1905; d. Marseille, 20 July 1991) - actor
  • Ishay Ribo (born 3 February 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter
  • Jean Roucas (1 February 1952) - humourist
  • Catherine Rouvel (31 August 1939) - actress
  • Daniel Russo (13 May 1948) - actor, double
  • Gabriel Signoret (15 November 1878; d. Paris, 16 March 1937) - actor
  • Simone Simon (23 April 1911; d. Paris, 23 February 2005) - actress

Architects

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Dancers

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Designers and poster artists

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Honoré Daumier: Sunday at the Museum
  • Georges Arditi (1914; d. 15 January 2012) - painter
  • Jo Berto (Joseph Bertocchio) (22 November 1907; d. Marseille, 25 June 1978) - lithographic artist
  • Honoré Daumier (26 February 1808; d. Valmondois, 11 February 1879) - caricaturist, sculptor
  • Dubout (15 May 1905; d. Saint-Aunès, 27 June 1976) - humorous designer
  • Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932; d. 6 December 2008) - comic strip artist, film director
  • Lisa Mandel (23 April 1977) - comic strip designer
  • Tibet (31 October 1931; d. Roquebrune-sur-Argens, 3 January 2010) - comic strip designer
  • Jean-Emmanuel Vermot-Desroches (1974) - comic strips

Directors

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  • René Allio (8 March 1924; d. Paris, 27 March 1995) - painter, then scenario writer, film and theatre director
  • André Benedetto (14 July 1934; d. Avignon, 13 July 2009) - author and theatre director, founder of « off » at Festival d'Avignon
  • Paul Carpita (12 November 1922; d. Marseille, 23 October 2009) - scenario writer
  • Philippe Dajoux (23 March 1968) - director
  • Robert Guédiguian (3 December 1953) - director, actor, screenwriter and producer

Doctors

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Editors

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Engravers

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Explorers

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Historians

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Industrialists and business people

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Journalists

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Lawyers and judges

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Mafia

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Military people

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Musicians

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Painters

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Police officers

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Politicians

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Religious personalities

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See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille.

Résistants

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Memorial to Eliane Plewman in Dachau concentration camp

Scientists

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Sculptors

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Sportsmen and women

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Writers

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Edmond Rostand

Associated with Marseille

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Marseille was the place of birth, death or residence of:

References

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  1. ^ Yardley, William (6 December 2013). "Jean-Claude Beton, Who Sent Orangina Around the World, Dies at 88". New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
    - "Founder of iconic French soda Orangina dies". France 24. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Evans, Cornelius". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.